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Call of Duty – A Paladin’s Sourcebook: Chapter 1: Classes and Feats Merseus “We still need you. Don’t walk into the Light yet.” Sometimes a warrior has seen too many comrades fall in battle, and pledges their lives to saving others. The merseus (MUR-see-us) is a combat healer called by the same types of powers who recruit paladins. Her goal is to win battles while preventing the death of her allies. All mersi (MUR-sigh, plural) are paladins, but may be multiclassed as clerics or fighters. Mersi can fight like a paladin, and heal nearly as well as a cleric. Adventurers and the armies of good value their services. They tend to travel the world in search of those who need their skills the most. Mersi do more than merely heal the body. They work tirelessly to boost the morale of their allies, as well as their spiritual health. They are a combination of combat medic, paladin and priest. Adventurers most often view mersi as specialized paladins. They fit in well with paladin orders, and seldom feel the need to create their own organizations. Tactically, they work well as a supporting warrior, perhaps as a second or third “fighter type” to round out the group. However, they are not a replacement for the cleric when it comes to healing, especially at high levels. Hit Dice: d10 Requirements 3) 22 Alignment: Lawful good Feats: Combat Healing (New feat, see page Lvl Base Attack Bonus Fort Save Ref Save Will Save Skills: Heal 9 ranks, Knowledge (religion) 2 ranks Special: You must have the paladin’s lay on hands ability. Mersi take a vow that is very close to that of paladins. Class Skills The merseus’ class skills are Concentration (Con), Diplomacy (Cha), Heal (Wis), Knowledge (nature) (Int), Profession (Herbalism) (Wis), Ride (Dex). Skill Points at Each Level: 2 + Int modifier Class Features Weapon and armor proficiency: Mersi are proficient with all simple and martial weapons, and with all types of armor and shields. Paladin Abilities: You gain the paladin’s divine health ability if you do not have it already, making you immune to disease. Code of Conduct: Mersi vow to follow the paladin’s Code of Conduct, and pledge to heal their allies and captured enemies whenever Special Spells per day 1 2 3 4 1 +1 +2 +0 +2 Paladin Abilities, Enhanced Lay on Hands 0 - - - 2 +2 +3 +0 +3 Aura of Hope 1 - 3 +3 +3 +1 +3 Purging Hands 1/day 1 0 4 +4 +4 +1 +4 Enhanced Recovery 1 1 5 +5 +4 +1 +4 Aura of Life 1 1 0 6 +6 +5 +2 +5 Purging Hands 2/day 1 1 1 7 +7 +5 +2 +5 Heal 2 1 1 0 8 +8 +6 +2 +6 Revive 2 1 1 1 9 +9 +6 +3 +6 Purging Hands 3/day 2 2 1 1 10 +10 +7 +3 +7 Returning Soul 2 2 2 1 Table 1-7, the Merseus
possible. Associates: Mersi follow the same restrictions regarding associates that paladins follow. Spells: Beginning at 1 st level the merseus gains the ability to cast a small number of divine spells. To cast a spell, you must have a Wisdom score of at least 10 + the spell’s level, so a merseus with a Wisdom of 10 or lower cannot cast these spells. When you receive 0 spells of a given level, you gain only bonus spells. You prepare and cast spells as a cleric, but use the following spell list. You have access to every spell on the list. 1 st level spells: cure light wounds, detect poison, purify food and drink, remove fear 2 nd level spells: cure moderate wounds, delay poison, lesser restoration, remove paralysis 3 rd level spells: cure serious wounds, remove blindness/deafness, remove disease, shield other 4 th level spells: cure critical wounds, neutralize poison, restoration Spontaneous Casting (Su): You may exchange a prepared spell for a “cure” of the same level, just as a good aligned cleric can. Enhanced Lay on Hands (Sp): You have the paladin’s ability to lay on hands, and your paladin levels stack with your merseus levels. However, each merseus level you have counts as two paladin levels for the purpose of determining how many points you may heal per day. Aura of Hope (Su): Beginning at 2 nd level, you radiate an aura of hope and comfort that causes you and all allies within 10ft. to gain a +2 morale bonus to all saving throws. Purging Hands (Sp): Once per day, while using lay on hands you may also use one of these spell-like abilities on a target creature: delay poison lesser restoration remove blindness/deafness remove disease remove fear remove paralysis This ability does not require an additional action or by itself provoke an attack of opportunity. It happens the same time you use lay on hands. You may lay on hands for 0 points of healing, if you just want the effect of purging hands. Your caster level is your merseus class level. You may use this ability twice per day at 6 th level, and three times per day at 9 th level. Enhanced Recovery (Su): You begin to heal quickly, so that you may concentrate on healing others instead of yourself. You heal 1 point of damage per character level every hour instead of every day. (The Heal skill cannot accelerate this Call of Duty – A Paladin’s Sourcebook: Chapter 1: Classes and Feats healing.) Subdual damage heals at the rate of 1 point of damage per level every 5 minutes. Aura of Life (Su): All dying allies within 10ft. have a 50% chance to become stabilized and stop losing hit points each round, instead of 10%. This ability does not require an action. Your aura of life does not function if you are dying, and thus does not help you stabilize. Heal (Sp): Once per day, you can cast heal. Your caster level equals 10 plus your merseus level. Revive (Sp): Once per day, you may cast raise dead with a caster level of 10 plus your merseus class level, and without any material component. Unlike the raise dead spell, the target creature must have died within the last minute, and loses no levels or Constitution. Using this ability is taxing. Afterwards you are fatigued (See DMG, Chapter 3: Condition Summary). Returning Soul (Su): If you die, and have not yet used your revive ability for the day, you are automatically raised from the dead, targeted by your own revive ability. This requires no action and uses up your ability to revive for the day. You have no choice about using this ability; it is automatic and always functions immediately after your death unless you have already used revive for the day. Ex-Mersi: If you change from a lawful good alignment, or grossly violate your Code of Conduct, you become an ex-merseus until your alignment changes back to lawful good and a cleric casts atonement for you. If you willingly commit an evil act, you become an ex-merseus forever. An ex-merseus loses all supernatural, spelllike, and spellcasting abilities, and is treated like an ex-paladin with regard to classes like the blackguard who seek to corrupt good to evil. Sample NPC “This is going to sting. A lot.” Darsi Phaedron, female human Pal 6/Merseus 4: CR 10; Medium-size Humanoid (human); HD 10d10+30; hp 85; Init +1; Spd 20 ft; AC 19 (+9 half-plate); Melee +1 longsword +12/+7 (1d8+1/crit 19-20); SA smite evil, spells, turn undead; SQ aura of courage, detect evil, divine grace, divine health, lay on hands, remove disease (2/week), special mount, aura of hope, purging hands 1/day, enhanced recovery; AL LG; SV Fort +18, Ref +9, Will +12; Str 11, Dex 12, Con 16, Int 10, Wis 12, Cha 19. Skills and Feats: Concentration +16(13), Heal +14(13), Ride +14(13); Bolster Lay on Hands, Combat Healing*, Mounted Combat, Rapid Healer, Weapon Focus (longsword). 23
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